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United States Patent | 5,765,178 |
Tanaka | June 9, 1998 |
An electronic mail system that allows a party receiving electronic mail to designate a desired format for displaying electronic mail messages. For example, the receiving party may designate that all electronic mail messages received from their boss be displayed with the title in bold and in the color blue. For further illustration, the receiving party may designate that all mail marked as high priority be displayed with an enlarged and colored title and comment section.
Inventors: | Tanaka; Tsuyoshi (Kanagawa, JP) |
Assignee: | Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Appl. No.: | 782083 |
Filed: | January 13, 1997 |
Sep 16, 1993[JP] | 5-252114 |
Current U.S. Class: | 715/526; 715/500 |
Intern'l Class: | G06F 017/00 |
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